Job 17:2
“Are there not mockers with mee? and doeth not mine eye continue in their prouocation?”
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Job 17:2 Context
1My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me. 2Are there not mockers with mee? and doeth not mine eye continue in their prouocation? 3Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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Other Translations for Job 17:2
[Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
- King James Version
"Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.
- Basic English Bible
Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?
- Darby Bible
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
- Webster's Bible
Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
- World English Bible
If not -- mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 17:2
17:2 Are not - Do not my friends, instead of comforting, mock me? Thus he returns to what he had said, chap.#16:20|, and intimates the justice of his following appeal.